THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOLIHULL

Registered charity 1131647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST ALPHEGE, SOLIHULL PCC

Church working in Solihull

Objects

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£853k

Latest spending

£838k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £14,767, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Free reserves stood at £874,412, which the trustees consider prudent as it covers approximately eight months of ongoing costs, exceeding the Charity Commission's recommended three to four months. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: about eight months of on-going costs (reserves figure: £874k)

“The 'free reserves' (excluding designated funds) are represented by net current assets, which at the end of the year amounted to £874,412 which equates to the sum required at current rates of spend to meet about eight months of on-going costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Prime Accountants Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 193
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 180

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 180
Government income: £1,500 — grants £1,500 (1); under 1% of the £832,189 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£853k

Total spending

£838k

Cost of raising funds

£86k

Reserves (reported)

£3.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~52.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Robert Nicholas Parkerchair
ANDREW WILLIAM HALSTEAD · trustee of 1 other charity
Alan Keith Wilson
Andrew Russell WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
Becky Jane Ward
Benjamin Reece Yates
Carol Mary Southworth BA, MPhil
Christopher Barnes Carrington
Deirdre Rowena Mary Moll
ELISABETH MARY WILKIN · trustee of 1 other charity
Graham Dereck Bryan Hindley
Jaspal Singh Somi BA Hons
John Edward Rea
Julia Hanson
Leslie Prescott
Martin Finch
Merrill Sylvia Flood
Pamela Anne Price
Rachael Marian Linstead BSc PGCE
Rev Simon Hardy Marshall · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Susan May Chandler
Suzette Maguire MA, CA
TIMOTHY JOHN DRAKEFORD · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£853k	£838k
31/12/2024	£829k	£1.0m
31/12/2023	£832k	£842k
31/12/2022	£937k	£964k
31/12/2021	£766k	£765k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOLIHULL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £14,767, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Free reserves stood at £874,412, which the trustees consider prudent as it covers approximately eight months of ongoing costs, exceeding the Charity Commission's recommended three to four months. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Prime Accountants Group.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD	1	£106k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST SAVIOUR WITH ST MARY COTHAM.

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST SAVIOUR WITH ST MARY COTHAM income £239k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, DISS income £103k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, SIDCUP income £356k
SOLIHULL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TRUST income £109k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT ANDREW, CATFORD, IN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK income £112k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULL income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOLIHULL	£853k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILOF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST SAVIOUR WITH ST MARY COTHAM FY2025	£239k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, DISS FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, SIDCUP FY2025	£356k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOLIHULL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TRUST FY2025	£109k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT ANDREW, CATFORD, IN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK FY2025	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.